Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-05-19
A MEMORIAL HALL.

The Committee of Phil Kearney Post
Reaches a Happy Conclusion-A
Proposition to Ad0rn the College.
Grounds.
AT u meeting last evening of the COM
mite of Phil Kearnsy post appointed to
devise q plan for establishing a Grand
Amy memorial hall in Ysnkton q CON
clusion was reached which was sstisiac-
tory to the committee. The difficulty
in arranging for this project has been in
settling upon s Plan of succession. The
Grand Army is an organization With
can last but q few years longer, as it
members are growing old and there none
to fill the gaps in their ranks created by
death. II is part of the design that the
memorial hall shsll stand as a monu-
mental pile, sacred to the memory OF the
soldiers of the war, and to accomplish
this design it must eventually pass into
the hands of those who, with their suc-
c~essors, viii possess a perpetual interest
IN the property. This was the problem
before the committee. 1t was solved last
evening, SO far as the committee is on
cerned, in the adoption OF a proposition
to be submitted to the officers of Yank-
ton college, which was given form in the
following resolution:
Resolued, That q subcommittee OF this
commute be appointed to confer with
the president and trustees of Yankton
college and ascertain if they will receive
a proposition from the proposed incor-
poration to apply the funds OF the in
corporation to the building of a mem
orial hall upon the college grounds, the
trustees to give the site upon the condi-
ton that whenever this incorporation
shall expire the college corporation shall
take the building as q perpetual trust,
binding themselves to keep it forever as
q memorial library hall in memory of
Phil Kearney post No, Z department of
Dakota, Grand Army of the Republic;
provided that said building, during the
existence OF Phil Kearney post, shall be
under its exclusive control and for it's
use, under the rules Of the incorporation.
This resolution was adopted and W.
is. Goodwin, A. M. English and 81. j.
Campbell were appointed as q sub-com-
mittee TO confer with the president and
trustees of the college.
If the proposition is accepted it rs the
design of the committee to erect a sub
stantlal hall upon one corner Of the COL
lege grounds and dedicate it forever to
the memory of Phil Kearney post. Dur
ing the existence of the post it will be
used as the headquarters OF that organ
~lzation and so far rs means and oppor-
tunitles will permit q library will be &C.
cumulated and other comforts acquired.
In the end the entire property will 60
to the college under an agreement that
it is to be maintained as o part or that
institution and made the seat of a Ii
brary under the name of Phil Kearney
memorial hall. Under this arrangement
it is thought that the hall could be used
by the societies of the college, during
the lifetime OF the post, III common with
the post.
1t was further decided in the commit
tee that, if the college management &C
oepts this trust, each member OF Phil
Kearney post will plant and care for and
~eause to grow a tree upon the grounds
surrounding the memorial ball. AS
there are something like . hundred and
fifty members OF the post this would
give the college grounds q considerable
grove in a few years. The post now has
$500 in it's building fund and it hopes
to be able to double this sum by the aid
OF public contributions.